Challenges to Global Security - Beatty

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Go to the **Library Home Page** and scroll down to the Social Studies section of the Subscription Database listing. Most of these databases will provide some information on Security issues.

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**Global Issues in Context**

Click on the icon for Conflict & Diplomacy or Government, Politics, & Law, and browse listed topics. Or type in a keyword in the Search box.

Suggested Websites:

General

www.nytimes.com - Use this site!! It is invaluable for all topics!!
http://gwis.circ.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ - National Security Archive – Nice!!
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html - General World News
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html - CIA world factbook -all nations
http://www.cdiss.org/hometemp.htm - Center for Defense and International Security Studies

Country Studies Provides country profiles. Site is compiled by the Library of Congress.

China

http://www.chinatoday.com/ - Comprehensive site on China
http://www.hrichina.org/ - Human rights in China
http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/wars/taiw.html - China/Taiwan conflict
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9706/24/taiwan.mil.reacts/ - China/Taiwan conflict
http://www.apcjp.org/zhongtai.htm- China’s security risks
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/china/china.htm - China and Falun Gong

Afghanistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/16/world/16AFGH.html - New York Times Articles
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html - CIA factbook page

The Balkans – Serbia, Kosovo et al

http://www.gov.yu/ - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia website
http://www.kosovo.com/ - Kosovo/Balkan issues
http://www.serbia-info.com/news/ - News from Serbia

N.A.T.O.

http://www.nato.int/ - NATO homepage
http://www.nato.int/docu/facts.htm - NATO factsheet
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/natoindex.html - NATO enlargement

Commonwealth of Independent States/Russia

http://www.rochester.k12.mn.us/kellogg/rodgers/cis/thecis.htm - General info on C.I.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/arms-russia.html - Russia answers US missile defense system

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/04/world/04AZER.html - Problems in Azerbaijan
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/commonwealth.html - C.I.S. maps

European Community

http://s700.uminho.pt/ec.html - EU homepage
http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/adressen/eu.html - Very good general page with links
http://europa.eu.int/ - EC/EU homepage2

North Korea

http://www.koreawatch.org/ - North Korea security issues
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/1999-2000/2000cib01.htm - N. Korea’s weapons proliferation
http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milorg/nkorea.html - Links to security issues of North Korea
http://cns.miis.edu/research/korea/links/secure.htm - Great info and links on N. Korea’s security issues

Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9711/14/iraq.un.statement/ - UN Security Council’s condemnation of Iraq
http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/wars/iraq.html - Iraq security concerns
http://www.un.org/Depts/unscom/unscmdoc.htm - UNSCOM documents on Iraq
http://home.achilles.net/~sal/un_reports.html - Secretary General’s report on Iraq

India/Pakistan

http://gwis.circ.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ - India/Pakistan conflict
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/nuclear.html - Resource and links on India and Pakistan conflict and proliferation issues
http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/may99/07_37_096.html - News on conflict
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~wilkins/writing/Assign/topics/testban/053098pakistan-un.html - Security Council statements on conflict

Israel/Palestine

http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/book33b.htm - Good background info
http://leb.net/~bcome/palestine/ - Tons of links and info
http://www.mediareviewnet.com/JewsForJustice.htm - Good general info and background

Northern Ireland

http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/ - Great background site
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-irish-b.html - new violence
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/IRA/timeline.htm - Timeline with individual links
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/IRA/timeline.htm - Another great site for this topic

Zimbabwe

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/04/world/04ZIMB.html - Problems in Zimbabwe

Drug Wars in South America

http://www.progress.org/fold155.htm - general info
http://www.ppu.org.uk/wars/n-text/n-southamerica/colombia.html - conflict in Colombia
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/991004/colombia.htm - report on Colombia drug wars

Organization of African Unity

http://www.undp.org/popin/oau/oauhome.htm - OAU homepage
http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=03BCB000 - Encarta entry
http://info.greenwood.com/books/0275944/0275944395.html - OAU at thirty
http://www.oau-oua.org/ - Good general site

Congo

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=02640000 - Encarta entry
http://travel.state.gov/congo.html - State department warnings
http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/01/24/un.congo/ - Security Council info